Must-see shopping in Mexico City

  • Reforma 222

    Zona Rosa & Reforma

    A modern shopping mall with a cinema that is busy with the local Zona Rosa crowd wanting to be seen.

  • Gandhi

    Coyoacán & San Ángel

    The large San Ángel branch of this popular bookstore chain has outlets on both sides of Quevedo.

  • American Bookstore

    Centro Histórico

    Has novels and books on Mexico in English, plus Lonely Planet guides.

  • Tepito

    Centro Histórico

    The mother of all street markets is a maze of semipermanent stalls spreading east and north from La Lagunilla, with miles of clothes, pirated DVDs,…

  • El Palacio de Hierro

    Centro Histórico

    The upmarket El Palacio de Hierro department store chain maintains its original ornate 1930s stores downtown.

  • Liverpool

    Centro Histórico

    The midrange Liverpool department store chain maintains its original 1930s stores downtown.